Vratsa Climbing Guidebook

The “Vratsa Climbing Guide (Bulgaria)” by Nikolay Petkov

Vratsa Climbing Guidebook

The unique rocks in Vratsa will be discovered by climbers from all over the world. The region has been developing fast as a tourist destination focusing on outdoor activities – and rock climbing is probably the most important of them.

For each sector, routes are traced out on photographs; bolted belays are marked with white-filled circles, and belay points equipped with pitons or needing temporary protection (nuts, cams) with black-filled ones.

Information about sport-climbing routes includes grade, length, number of quickdraws needed, year when they were equipped and by whom – but that’s all, so we won’t spoil your on-sight experience! For trad/alpine routes, you will also find short pitch-by-pitch descriptions and topos. The first ascent date and authors’ names are given as well. Other important dates and events can be included, as well as information about subsequent re-equipment if such has been made.

The guide book is bilingual – in Bulgarian and English.

• This is the first of its sort guidebook on the climbing area that describes the routes in detail.
• It includes descriptions of all the climbing routes, which amount to more than 500. Half of them are equipped for sport climbing and the rest are trad, alpine or mixed routes, only partially equipped.
• Length varies from short one-pitch sport and trad routes, through several pitches, to the longest ones, of 10 to 13 pitches. The latter go up the majestic 350-metre high Central Wall.

Edition 2020, 320 pages, format 148×210 (A5).